manufacturing the future - makercon 2014
DESCRIPTION
My talk from MakerCon 2014. The idea is how to look at manufacturing from a "base principles" approach. The idea is that if you want to see how manufacturing works in the future - you need to look at the physics and economics of the matter / energy / information that makes up products.TRANSCRIPT
Manufacturing!the Future
Nick Pinkston !Founder: Plethora
@NickPinkston @Plethora
Where’s everything going?
Democratization?
Distributed Mfg.?
Open Source?
Matter
Energy
Information
What is Manufacturing?
Finished Part
Feedstock Raw Material
Stock Parts
Raw Part
+ Assembly
Matter
Energy
Information
• What % of Product Cost is information? • Medicine = Paying for IP (information)
• Is information always free?
• How do you find unknown information?
• Who can you use the information?
Competitive Strategies• Network Effects: Be the central platform
• Scale: Buying power + Physics + Specialization
• Speed: Innovate Faster
• Relationships: Get them to trust / love you
• Open vs. Closed: Group Info vs. Info Asymmetry
Open Source is No Panacea
Free CMOS Fab!
BRAINS
SOFTWARE
?
EducationThey who learn the fastest: WIN
Community Resources
Makers Lead the Way